Politifact.com: Statements from Russia Todayhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/russia-today/Statements from Russia Today reviewed by Politifact.comen-usWed, 05 Mar 2014 14:25:11 -0500 Russia Today: The new Ukrainian government &quot;introduced a law abolishing the use of languages other than Ukrainian in official circumstances.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/mar/05/russia-today/russia-backed-american-news-network-offers-its-ow/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Russia-backed American news network offers its own facts on Ukraine situation
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<p>While it would be easy, and maybe even largely accurate, to see Russia&rsquo;s moves in the Crimean Peninsula as a power-play pure and simple, Moscow gives other reasons. All of them have to do with protecting Russian citizens or ethnic Russians in Ukraine. Russia Today, a Kremlin-financed news organization, offered this brief explanation at the very end of its article on the Russian troops stationed at bases in Crimea. &quot;Authorities in the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea &ndash; where more than half the population is Russian &ndash; requested Moscow&rsquo;s assistance after the self-proclaimed government in Kiev introduced a law ...</p> <a href="/punditfact/statements/2014/mar/05/russia-today/russia-backed-american-news-network-offers-its-ow/">>> More</a>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:25:11 -0500http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/mar/05/russia-today/russia-backed-american-news-network-offers-its-ow/